Amman, July 21 (Petra) – A father and his son were charged on Tuesday
with premeditated murder after confessing to drowning their
13-year-old family member in a water well in the southern Karak
goovernorate, according to the Public Security Directorate (PSD).

Civil Defense crews responded on July 18 to a report that a young
girl had drowned in a well near her family’s tent. Rescue crews
retrieved the child, but she was pronounced dead shortly after.

Following an initial probe, Criminal Investigation Department (CID)
detectives and Karak police suspected foul play in the death,
narrowing their investigation to the girl’s immediate family.

Under interrogation, the girl’s father admitted to conspiring with
one of his sons to throw her into the well and disguise the murder as
an accidental drowning. Police subsequently arrested the son, who
confessed to carrying out the act.

The PSD said both suspects were referred to the Grand Criminal Court,
as the prosecutor general ordered their detention on charges of
premeditated murder.

//Petra// HA